†Cystistroma Etheridge 1895 (stromatoporoid sponge)
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Stromatoporoidea - Labechiida - Stromatoceriidae
Parent taxon: Stromatoceriidae according to C. W. Stearn et al. 1999
See also Bolton 1988 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Radiostroma, Stromatocerium
Subtaxa: Cystistroma canadense
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Australia (7 collections), Canada (5: Ontario, Québec), Estonia (6)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
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